Indian art and culture / Architecture
Mauryan court art and the first monuments
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Court art (palace at Kumrahar, pillars, stupas) versus popular art (yakshas, terracottas)
- Monolithic polished pillars: Sarnath lion capital, Rampurva bull, Lauriya Nandangarh, Sankisa
- Barabar and Nagarjuni caves near Gaya cut under Ashoka and Dasharatha for the Ajivikas (Lomas Rishi, Sudama)
- Rock-cut elephant at Dhauli (third century BCE) as the earliest of the exam's comparison set
Where to study
An Introduction to Indian Art Part I, Class XI, ch. 3 Arts of the Mauryan Period
- ch. 3 Arts of the Mauryan Period, pp. 1-8 (printed 19-26)
- ch. 3 Arts of the Mauryan Period, Pillars, Sculptures and Rock-cut Architecture (court art and popular art: pillars, yakshas), pp. 1-2 (printed 19-20)
- ch. 3 Arts of the Mauryan Period, Pillars, Sculptures and Rock-cut Architecture (Lauriya Nandangarh, Rampurva, Sankisa, Sarnath); Lion Capital, Sarnath, pp. 2-4 (printed 20-22)
- ch. 3 Arts of the Mauryan Period, Pillars, Sculptures and Rock-cut Architecture (Lomas Rishi cave, Barabar hills), p. 2 (printed 20)
- ch. 3 Arts of the Mauryan Period, Pillars, Sculptures and Rock-cut Architecture (rock-cut elephant at Dhauli); Elephant, Dhauli, pp. 2-3 (printed 20-21)
Indian Art and Culture · Nitin Singhania
- ch. 2
Our Pasts I, Class VI, ch. 11 Buildings, Paintings and Books
- ch. 11 Buildings, Paintings and Books, pp. 1-13 (printed 114-126)
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 4 Emergence of State and Empire, Art and Culture, p. 77 (printed 73)
Our Pasts I, Class VI, ch. 7 Ashoka, the Emperor Who Gave Up War
- ch. 7 Ashoka, the Emperor Who Gave Up War, Roshan's rupees (the Sarnath lions), p. 1 (printed 67)